Tag: book reviews
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May 21, 2007 09:36 AM EDT --
I think it's fair to say that what preoccupies the minds of most book people is the question of which books sell, and why. The rumble around this issue has gotten louder in recent weeks, amid news . . .
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February 17, 2007 09:38 PM EST --
A child born in the streets of 18th century France, immediately discarded by its mother, sounds a first cry that both condemns his mother to death and . . .
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January 26, 2008 11:50 AM EST --
I've been on Gather.com for some months now. Some of you may know that I work part-time as a professional book reviewer. What you don't know is why you may not recognize the authors . . .
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February 14, 2007 04:10 PM EST --
Hey Gather lit lovers, here's an opportunity to be the envy of your book club…
Thanks to our friends over at Borders, We have three signed advanced reader copies of Jodi Picoult's . . .
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April 02, 2007 11:52 PM EDT --
Referencing the book of Matthew in which Jesus refers to "outer dark" as the shadowy land of the faithless, McCarthy's second work chronicles the separate journeys of brother and sister . . .
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January 20, 2007 07:56 AM EST --
I have been an avid reader since my earliest memories. I constantly have a book by the bedside, and tons more waiting in line to be read. My interest run a very wide range of genres, but my favourites . . .
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December 21, 2007 11:39 AM EST --
Winter is a great time to enjoy that special book while sipping your favorite beverage. Whether it's rainy, snowy or sunny, you can't wait to get on the sofa with the book you've been dying . . .
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November 02, 2007 09:51 AM EDT --
Sometimes there is a sentence or passage we read that makes us think about everything differently. Pain and suffering are not topics I like to think about, but my pleasure reading this . . .
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July 05, 2007 10:16 PM EDT --
A new subgenre of mathematical books seems to have evolved over the past few years, in which the author chooses some special number and describes its history and properties. Books have been written . . .
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September 09, 2007 04:58 PM EDT --
and I don't tolerate it. I recently posted an article that the BOOKS EDITOR declined for apparently no reason. At least, no reason he or she cares to share after being asked twice. Not only does this . . .
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March 17, 2008 02:01 PM EDT --
Thanks to everyone who responded on the Get a Free Book and Test Your "Memory" . It's great to see so many avid readers on Gather who would love to review the book! Unfortunately, only . . .
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December 30, 2007 05:49 AM EST --
When Collins.gather.com offered its members a chance to review this wonderful book, The Ultimate Tea Diet , by Dr. Tea, aka Mark Urka, I jumped at the chance. I had read about several different studies . . .
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March 09, 2007 12:41 PM EST --
Title: Emma Jean Reborn
Author: Dr. Cupid Poe and Kathi Macias
Publisher: Authorhouse
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by D.S. White of Read Zone Book Reviews
"She paused again, then plunged ahead. "I . . .
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August 07, 2007 11:27 AM EDT --
What's the burning ambition of every wannabe author? It's to tour the country, signing books for legions of fans at every Barnes & Noble, Borders, and independent bookstore from coast to . . .
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December 19, 2007 04:27 PM EST --
Publishers Weekly genre
review round-up
(November 12th issue)
Enchanting the Lady by Kathryne Kennedy (Dorchester) : "Little-noticed . . .
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August 02, 2007 02:07 PM EDT --
Amazon.com will provide free advance copies of books, movies and music to customers who agree to post reviews of the new releases on the company's Web site.
The program, Amazon Vine, will permit negative . . .
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June 15, 2007 01:42 PM EDT --
The Dangerous Book for Boys
By Conn Iggulden and Hal Iggulden
"In this age of video games and cell phones, there must still be a place for knots, tree houses, and stories of incredible courage." . . .
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March 12, 2008 09:35 PM EDT --
Well I finally read the latest from Stephen King, the master of horror. Actually I would say Mr. King is the Master at taking something pretty plain and making it downright horrifying. In "Duma Key" . . .
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September 04, 2007 06:29 PM EDT --
A young Italian-American girl named ChiChi Maggiordino narrates this first-person viewpoint tale of an Italian immigrant family shortly following World War II. ChiChi is often refered to as crazy . . .
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May 11, 2007 09:40 PM EDT --
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
By Mark Kurlansky
An interesting blend of the historical with the culinary that also makes some important ecological points, Kurlansky's Cod traces . . .
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